booyay!
yea, in not so many words, but perhaps for the same reasons, I love early U2
the 4 albums before Joshua Tree
Category 6
A song fit for a road trip
This was the hardest category to rank. I haven’t finalized no.7 yet but I have a rough idea what will be at the top and what at the bottom. Here the problem was that don’t feel strongly either way about most of them. The good news is that once we leave the bottom tier I’m okay with putting them all on a mix cd and listen to them during a long drive. Nevertheless the podium could be the weakest we have had so far.
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Ominous.
Also, sad to reverse image search that one and find out you probably didn’t just knock it up yourself in MS Paint.
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This is one of the categories I didn’t have any song in mind when creating it. I still really don’t and that’s why I will shoehorn this in. It’s one of my favorite songs of the year. It’s older but I only came across it in 2019. I listened to the whole album during a 1000km drive and back so I think that counts.
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You can easily tell this wasn’t done by me because you can tell which is the walrus and which is car.
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Tier 1: Car crash
In 16th place, scoring 1 point, @Jalfrezi with You Doo Right by CAN
No, just no. About one minute in I start to wish this is over. Twenty freaking minutes. The vocals are terrible. I just don’t get it. Why go to all the trouble to record an album and then have this guy be your “singer”? Is it even possible to make a parody of this? How would you tell the difference?
In 15th place, scoring 2 point, @Pauwl with Forks and Knives (La Fête) by Beirut
Despite this being an ill-defined category I am tempted to question how this song fits. I can’t see myself listening to this in a car. Or anywhere for that matter. It sounds like it wants to copy the sound of days long gone and in my opinion fails.
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Yes, just yes.
Agree to disagree.
YOU MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME
In 14th place, scoring 3 points, @smrk4 with Loro by Pinback
This is too close to a lullaby for my taste. There is a time and a place to listen to mellow songs like this. A car while driving is not among them. Which brings us to the next tier…
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uh uh uh uh yeah ee yeah
Tier 2: Asleep At The Wheel
In 13th place, scoring 4 points, @ microbet with Roxanne by The Police
I think this submission is a great category fit. It checks the being energetic and sing-alongability boxes. Those aren’t the only available boxes but if you happen to get these two you should do fine.
Unfortunately there are only so many times you can listen to a song before it wears out it’s welcome and this one is past it’s best before date.
P.S.: This will likely be the only time you will find microbet on the same side as the police.
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" Yoo Doo Right " is a song on Can’s 1969 debut album, Monster Movie , which had been edited down from a six-hour improvisation to a mere twenty minutes.
Count yourself lucky.
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If those are the parts they liked what landed on the cutting room floor? 1969? I can only assume a lot of drugs were involved.
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Philistine
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Hipster
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In 12th place, scoring 5 points, @King_of_NY with I Drove All Night by Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper makes this song worse. I don’t care for the way she puts these breaks in between words, for example “I drove all night to. Get. To. You.” That really takes away from the beauty of the original because it doesn’t fit the melody. It’s still okay but I’ll take Roy Orbison any day over this.
Celine best version, not close
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